Salpêtrière

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association of Charcot

…a lifelong association with the Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris (1862); there, in 1882, he opened what was to become the greatest neurological clinic of the time in Europe. A teacher of extraordinary competence, he attracted students from all parts of the world. In 1885 one of his students was Sigmund Freud,…

design by Bruant

…of the hospital of the Salpêtrière (1670). The hospital’s chapel was separated into units so that the staff and patients might be segregated in the interest of hygiene and yet participate in religious ritual together.